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gious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.

Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants. -- n.

To cultivate; to educate. They came . . . into places well inhabited and cultured. Usher.

To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. I never knew any man cured of inattention. Swift.

The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself. He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. Shak. The village curfew, as it tolled profound. Campbell.

Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of. It is a picurious after things that were elegant and beatiful should not have been as curious as to their origin, their uses, and their natural history. Woodward.…

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living. And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21. Moved beyong his custom, Gama said. Tennyson. A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.

In a customary manner; habitually.

Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual. Even now I met him With customary compliment. Shak. A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South.

itrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.

ind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.

A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.

A native or inhabitant of Cyprus.

A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.

One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc. Macaulay.

A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. Great Dane. (Zoöl.) See Danish dog, under Danish.

A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.

nce of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. Sprat.

The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.